Having to stop driving at night because of dangerous sleepiness - awareness, physiology and behaviour

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 380-388

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b   Hallvig, David ^c   Anund, Anna ^c   Fors, Carina ^c   Schwarz, Johanna ^a   Kecklund, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blinks; Car; Electroencephalograph; Fatigue; Karolinska Drowsiness Score; Karolinska Sleepiness Scale; Lateral variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DRIVING ABILITY; DROWSINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

BLINKS; CAR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; FATIGUE; KAROLINSKA DROWSINESS SCORE; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; LATERAL VARIABILITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84880509431     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12042     Document Type: Article

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